The Internet and the real you

[doggy go 7]

On the other hand Flame Wars are the darker side of an argument that are good for nobody (except me because they are hilarious to watch sometimes) Youtube comments seem to be in a constant state of them.

What did I say about making fun of Youtube?

As for the argument thing that everyone else is bringing up, I tend to not shirk an argument if it presents itself, and I think that is true for me in reality or on the Internet. Honestly it depends on my mood, and the seriousness of the topic, as to whether I go on a massive rant or if I'm just constantly taking the piss.

 

[Angie7F]

I talk like 2chan and many of my "normal" less internet addicted friends dont understand what I am saying.

 

[purplecactus]

I'm pretty much the same online as I am off. If anything, I'm slightly more coherent online because it's easier to organise all my tangents and offshoots, and I can remember what I was talking about to begin with by looking back at how I started out to begin with. That's about the only difference I've ever noticed...

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

All of those mentioned and more, although one thing I'm particularly strange about is that I've occasionally done gestures from Dark Souls, complete with rigidness and stepping forwards and back. Mostly "Well what is it", "look skywards" and "shrug". The other large mannerism is that it's changed the way I deliver jokes entirely, often going for more of a deadpan or understated finish. I also more frequently do the wide-eyed intimidating stare when overcoming a challenge for comic effect.

Captcha: "watch C-beams glitter" - "in the darkness near the Tanhauser Gate. All these moments will be lost, in time, like...tears...in the rain. Time to die."

 

[Nicaragua7]

I appear much more upbeat in real life. Admittedly, it is a necessity. Employers don't want long-term depressed types working for them(they find ways round the laws); very few people are interested in giving you a boost in day-to-day life (which is fair enough, they have their own lives to worry about); and I'm much too proud and uncomfortable with sharing to really open up to anyone in person. I also don't spend much time when I'm feeling half-way decent online, I try to reserve that time for doing something productive, whilst my concentration is better. I prefer to communicate online when in lower moods because it's quiet and slow; and I don't have to expend more energy acting whilst I'm doing it. Hence, I will probably come across as the most negative person ever if I use this account much in the future. Other than that, most things are pretty constant. I try to be consistent with grammar, punctuation and spelling. I tend to write more than I need to when down though. Bout it...Right, happy ending: I'm easily distracted by weeblstuff when online. Who doesn't love weeblstuff!

 

[Fappy]

It's taught me how to walk away from arguments.

Used to be I would vehemently and insistently argue with anyone who disagreed with me.

After a couple of years online I realised that a lot of the time it just isn't worth the effort and that there's no shame in just rolling your eyes and trotting off to do something more enjoyable/productive.

It's had the same effect on me, but I don't walk away quite as easily from IRL arguments.

OT: I think spending time on the internet (especially here) has made me a more tolerant and patient person. Also, I'm a different kind of ass online than I am IRL. Other than that I pretty much just act like myself. Sometimes I say stupid things and sometimes those things are brilliant. I think I have a better track record online to be honest >.>

 

[Scarim Coral]

Mostly nothing since I am more talkative (well commenting) on the internet as I am in real life but in saying so I don't exactly got alot of people to talked to face to face let alone having some people who share the same interests as me.

 

[Dead Seerius]

Thanks to the Escapist, whenever I now hear someone attempting to pass off their opinion as fact I just say "Oh, look, it's this thread again", scoff in their face, and walk away leaving them stunned.

The internet as a whole, usually due to the things I read on news sites and comment sections, has led me to new levels of cinicism. Just when you think people couldn't be more stupid, they defy expectations.

 

[Akytalusia]

i really wouldn't have any idea. i'm myself in both worlds. how much of myself was born in one place or the other is beyond my records.

 

[WouldYouKindly]

I'm much more talkative on here and the internet in general. I'm a bit more eloquent here than I am in other places because I expect more out of the Escapist audience, particularly in the religion and politics section, which I frequent, even if I lurk more than I respond.

Oddly enough, due to the higher quality of the audience here, I tend to withhold my posts a lot more since I'm very aware just how clever some users are.

Finally, I'll talk about a lot more subjects here than I normally would. For instance, practically no one IRL knows I'm a bit of an anime and manga fan. I'm willing to have discussions on here about these things while they're subjects I'd never bring up and I likely wouldn't even join a conversation that was already started IRL.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'm not entirely sure.

Certainly, I've been more open and opinionated since I was able to discuss topics on forums or having a social media outlet for which to address my friends and relatives.

Other than that, it's still the same old me.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

In what ways has the internet affected my normal life?

The internet is my normal life.
I still have to find a way to get rid of distractions such as college, eating, sleeping and if possible, breathing.

 

[NightmareExpress]

Thanks to the Escapist, "pseudo intellectual", "strawman" and "ad hominem" have entered my vernacular.
Not that they were absent before, but now I know that I don't have to necessarily put forth refutable evidence in heated exchanges. I just have to sling these terms around MORE to get people to desist in trying to argue! It's not about being right yourself, it's about fooling the opposition into thinking themselves wrong!
*cough*

Anyway...the internet has introduced a little catchphrase.
"Heh heh, lol". It's from a Youtube video featuring King of The Hill and my friends (myself included) thought it was hilarious. It has become quite the in-joke. Outside of that, I avoid memes and mainstream internet phrases like the plague during my day to day activities. Conversations with some of my more internet savvy friends tend to play out like threads on a certain 4-site.

I'm okay with this.

captcha: and that's the way it is

 

[BoredRolePlayer]

I'm a bit more tame in real life, but if I'm with my friends I'm mostly loud and annoying and slightly (that's a lie) racist with my jokes (if it's funny i'll make the joke), so...the same I guess.

 

[SageRuffin]

4chan is the only place where you could say I'm a significant bit more of a dick, because... 4chan. :/

Everywhere else, I have no reason to act uncivil, so why should I?